VMware Converter installation on Ubuntu Linux

Linux users will be pleased to discover that VMware Converter is now available on Linux free of charge. As a user of VMware products this makes me very happy, meaning I do not have to be booting the Windows machine just to use VMware Converter. For those not aware of what Converter can do, it can convert multiple virtual machines simultaneously, modify, resize and hot clone existing bare metal installations just to mention a few.

The installation of VMware Converter on Linux is simple. This tutorial uses Ubuntu Linux as the installation system.

Download VMware Converter

First download VMware Converter free of charge from the VMware web site, you will need an account.

I have succesfully installed the Standalone Client, however, cannot get the “browse” button to navigate to a server file. I can see the file using the file browser under ubuntu. The file is attached to my “Netgear” router as a Readyshare drive.

Thanks a bunch for putting this together, I always like to have an idea of what’s involved before jumping into new stuff on my linux machines.

Just a dumb note for Linux amateurs like me… at the point where you’re told to “enter all the way through it” you actually want to SPACE BAR all the way through it.
This displays the eula 1 page at a time rather than 1 line at a time.